Tree house...s

To me, a tree house is defined as childish. It’s where kids go to hide from their parents, tell ghost stories and play fortress. Approaching this project, I was skeptical to think that I would be able to design a tree house. So I went deeper. What else can a tree house function as? I broke down the main details and I came out with social and privacy. For it to have the essence of a tree house, it must have the functions that will help make it socially welcoming and private at the same time. The concept I chose to use does not fall too far from the tree house (Pun Intended). I decided to use the acorn. Now, besides the actual structure of the acorn (The curving nut and half shell inspired me), I chose the acorn because of squirrels and chipmunks. The goal of those animals is to get the acorn, and in doing so, they have a shared interest for the acorn. And that is where I derive my function. The main idea behind my tree house is to welcome people to be social with each other, but at the same time, have their own private “shell”. I designed it in a way that each tree will have a minimum of three tree houses. They will be evenly placed around the tree’s trunk, but at different levels. Lets say that one tree will rest on the 18 meter mark, while the next one will be on the 26 meter mark, and the last on the 34 mark. I tried to include a revolving idea (It was a genius idea when I first thought of it) but it clashed with my desired staircase, which will wrap the trees trunk all the way to the 3rd house. Ok, so I just read that our tree house can be anything but a “chill spot.” So I’ve decided that I will still keep my acorn idea (Stay true to the tree) and instead of having the rooms at very different levels, I will make them close, maybe one to two meters above each other. Regarding my spiral staircase, I’ve decided that it will be positioned in a way that if it rains, I may still enter my rooms and walk around the tree without getting wet. Actually, I may still be able to involve the revolving AND rotating room idea.